CVE-2025-62696 Multiple critical security issues in Springboard
Command injection in the MediaWiki Springboard Extension allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-62696?
CVE-2025-62696 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki Foundation - Springboard Extension, published on 21 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki Foundation - Springboard Extension allows Command Injection.This issue affects Mediawiki Foundation - Springboard Extension: master.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-62696?
How do I fix CVE-2025-62696?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-62696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-62696 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-62696 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2h6r-fgmg-ppfq, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-62696.